A Comparison of Mental Health between Fresher and Senior Psychology Students of Herat University and Eshraq University

Enayatullah Enayat

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study and compare the rate of mental health between freshmen and senior students of psychology students in education faculty and Eshraq Higher Education Institution. It is a quantitative research in which statistical population is from freshmen and seniors in psychology department of education faculty and Eshraq higher education institution. The sample size is 158 students from both institutions selected proper randomly. Research device for data collection is GHQ_28 questionnaire prepared by Goldberg. Data is analyzed by Excel and SPSS software. Analyzed data show that there is not meaningful relation between mental health and psychology field of study. Also data show that there is not any meaningful relation between mental health of freshmen and seniors.

Keywords: Mental Health, Psychology, freshmen, seniors